Our Articles of Confederation put us in a similar situation with a weak government that any member could paralyze. We managed to reform then, we can reform now.
The UN should be relocated to a stable, prosperous, strong country like China.
It's of no help when Bush' handpicked THUG, John Bolton, in the eleventh hour, demands a complete overhaul of an already agreed on draft.
U.S. suggestions include dropping any reference to the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto treaty on global warming, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, all of which are opposed by the Bush administration. The U.S. proposal would also eliminate any mention of the Millennium Development Goals agreed to at a similar summit five years ago.
The U.S. proposal has raised concerns among many diplomats who had thought negotiations on the outcome document were nearly complete. One Asian ambassador privately said Washington appears to be trying to sabotage the reform process just three weeks before the summit.
Major Changes in UN Reform Document:
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how does one strengthen leadership in an organization designed to allow the even the smallest member to drag the whole organization to a grinding halt?
And of course the flesh trade in children isn't worth mentioning or reforming.